he wrote up the experiment

1) (to draw (letters or other forms of script) on a surface, especially with a pen or pencil on paper: They wrote their names on a sheet of paper; The child has learned to read and write; Please write in ink.) skrive

2) (to compose the text of (a book, poem etc): She wrote a book on prehistoric monsters.) skrive

3) (to compose a letter (and send it): He has written a letter to me about this matter; I'll write you a long letter about my holiday; I wrote to you last week.) skrive

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- writer

skrive

verb ( wrote - written) \/raɪt\/

1) skrive

• write your name there

• she has written a novel

• they are going to learn to write

• she wrote him a song

2) fylle ut, skrive ut

• he wrote a cheque for 90 000 Norwegian kroner

3) ( handel eller hverdagslig) skrive til

• I wrote him last week

• I have written him two letters

4) risse (inn), gravere

5) ( gammeldags) beskrive, skildre

6) ( gammeldags) tegne

(that's) all she wrote det var det hele, det var alt

be nothing to write home about ikke være noe å skrive hjem om

be written that ( overført) være skrevet (i skjebnens bok) at

have something written all over one \/ one's face ha noe skrevet over hele seg\/ansiktet

write against something skrive mot noe, uttale seg mot noe, opponere mot noe

write away for skrive etter, bestille, rekvirere

write back ( om brev) svare

write for skrive for, skrive i

• she writes for a newspaper

skrive etter, rekvirere, bestille

write in skrive inn, tilføye

• they wrote in an amendment to the law

(amer.) føre opp slengere (på valgliste) skrive om, sende inn, skrive til

• you should write in your request

write in for skrive etter, bestille, rekvirere

• I have written in for a catalogue

write off kaste ned, skrive sammen, kaste sammen ( også overført) avskrive

• they wrote off a debt

• we'll write off £500 for depreciation

• it was written off as a complete failure

(amer.) oppheve, gjøre slutt på ( hverdagslig) anse som en flopp, anse som noe mislykket

write off for skrive etter, rekvirere, bestille

write off to skrive (brev) til

write oneself kalle seg

• he writes himself «Captain»

write oneself down falle tilbake (som forfatter) (begynne å skrive publikumsfrierier i alt for høy grad)

write oneself out ( om forfattere) uttømme sitt skriveemne

write out skrive ut, utstede

• he wrote out a cheque

write over skrive om

write someone in (amer., om mantall) skrive noen inn

write someone into \/ out of ( om TV-serie) skrive noen inn i \/ ut av

• the actor was dissatisfied with his pay, so they wrote him out of the show

write someone off avskrive noen

• he was written off as an idiot

write something down ( handel) skrive ned noe, nedskrive noe

• the company wrote down an asset

write something off ( økonomi) nedskrive noe, avskrive noe

write up ajourføre (frem til dags dato), komplettere utarbeide, skrive ned

• he wrote up a report

skrive (utførlig) om, beskrive utførlig

• he wrote up the experiment

slå opp (stort), forstørre

• the affair has been written up by the press

skrive berømmende ord, gi lovord, gi god kritikk

• the critic wrote up the play

( handel) skrive opp, oppskrive

• he decided to write up some of his assets

(amer.) notere, skrive opp

• cars found parked in the streets will be written up

SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology

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He was the youngest of the three children of Dr Arthur Young, who was at one time Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. He learned Latin and Greek at Lavenham School, and at the age of 17 was apprenticed to a mercantile house, an occupation he disliked. He first published The Theatre of the Present War in North America in 1758. He then wrote four novels and began to produce the literary magazine The Universal Museum. After his father's death he returned home to manage his father's farm, and in 1765 he married Martha Allen.

Young learned farming by experiment, and three years after his return he took over the rent of a 300 acre farm, Samford Hall in Essex. He was not a practical farmer, and was soon forced to give it up in favour of one of 100 acres (40.5 hectares) in Hertfordshire. He subsidized his farming with his writing, and in 1768 published The Farmer's Letters to the People of England. The first of his books on agricultural tours, Six Weeks Tours through the Counties of England and Wales, was published in 1771. Between 1784 and 1809 he published the Annals of Agriculture, one of whose contributors was George III, who wrote under the pseudonym of Ralph Robinson.

By this time he was corresponding with all of influence in agricultural matters, both at home and abroad. George Washington wrote frequently to Young, and George III was reputed to travel always with a copy of his book. The Empress of Russia sent students to him and had his Tours published in Russian. Young made three trips to France in 1787, 1788 and 1789–90 respectively, prior to and during the French Revolution, and his Travels in France (1792) is a remarkable account of that period, made all the more fascinating by his personal contact with people differing as widely as Mirabeau, the French revolutionary leader, and King Louis XVI.

Unfortunately, in 1811 an unsuccessful cataract operation left him blind, and he moved from London to his native Bradford, where he remained until his death.

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SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping

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Hulls was the first in Britain to attempt to employ steam in propelling a vessel in water. His experiment was made on the River Avon at Evesham in 1737, the main idea being to install a Newcomen engine, the only type then known, on a boat in front of the vessel it was intended to propel, and connected to it with a tow-rope. Six paddles in the stern of the tow boat were fastened to a cross axis connected by ropes to another shaft, which was turned by the engine. Hulls undoubtedly showed how to convert the rectilinear motion of a piston into rotary motion, which is an essential principle in steam locomotion, on land or water.

He is described as "the inventor of the Steamboat" on a portrait that once hung at the Institution of Marine Engineers, and his patent for the steamboat is dated 21 December 1736. He published his Description and Draught of a New-Invented Machine ("for carrying vessels or ships out or into any harbour, port or river against wind and tide, or in a calm: for which His Majesty has granted Letters Patent for the sole benefit of the author for the space of 14 years", 1737); this rare book was reprinted in 1855. According to De Morgan, Hull's work probably gave the idea to Symington, as Symington's did to Fulton. Erasmus Darwin had him in mind when he wrote "drag the slow barge". In 1754 Hulls published The Art of Measuring Made Easy by the Help of a New Sliding Scale, which he patented in 1753 together with a machine for weighing gold coins. He also wrote Maltmakers' Instructor.

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1) (touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: The book was lying on the table; He was standing on the floor; She wore a hat on her head.) på

2) (in or into (a vehicle, train etc): We were sitting on the bus; I got on the wrong bus.) (inn) i, på, oppå

3) (at or during a certain day, time etc: on Monday; On his arrival, he went straight to bed.) på, ved, per/pr.

4) (about: a book on the theatre.) om

5) (in the state or process of: He's on holiday.) på

6) (supported by: She was standing on one leg.) på

7) (receiving, taking: on drugs; on a diet.) på

8) (taking part in: He is on the committee; Which detective is working on this case?) på, i

9) (towards: They marched on the town.) mot, til

10) (near or beside: a shop on the main road.) ved, på

11) (by means of: He played a tune on the violin; I spoke to him on the telephone.) på, i

12) (being carried by: The thief had the stolen jewels on him.) på, med

13) (when (something is, or has been, done): On investigation, there proved to be no need to panic.) ved, etter

14) (followed by: disaster on disaster.) etter

1) ((especially of something being worn) so as to be touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: She put her hat on.) på

2) (used to show a continuing state etc, onwards: She kept on asking questions; They moved on.) (holde) på, videre, etter

3) (( also adjective) (of electric light, machines etc) working: The television is on; Turn/Switch the light on.) på, i gang

4) (( also adjective) (of films etc) able to be seen: There's a good film on at the cinema this week.) som går på teater/kino

5) (( also adjective) in or into a vehicle, train etc: The bus stopped and we got on.) på, om bord

1) (in progress: The game was on.) i gang

2) (not cancelled: Is the party on tonight?) på gang; på trappene

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- oncoming

overfor

på

adj. \/ɒn\/

bare i uttrykk

on side ( fotball e.l.) ikke offside ( i cricket) den del av banen som ligger bak og til venstre for en (høyrehendt) slagmann

adv. \/ɒn\/

1) på, på seg

• a pot with the lid on

• shall I help you on with your coat?

• he drew his boots on

• keep your hat on!

• put the kettle on!

• the coffee is on

2) videre

• he flew on to Paris

• pass it on!

• send on the guide

• they spoke on

• work on

3) frem, fremover

• walk right on

• a little further on

• it was well on in the day

4) fore

• I have nothing on tonight

5) igjen

• he sat on at the table

• they sat on

6) på (påkoblet e.l.), til (på instrumenttavle e.l.)

• the brake is on

• is the gas on?

• the water isn't on

• the light is on

• the radio was on

7) av

• from that day on

be neither on nor off vite verken ut eller inn

be on være i gang, pågå

• the game is on again

• there's a war on

• is lunch still on?

spilles, oppføres, gis, gå

• the play was on last year

• what's on tonight?

• Hamlet is on tonight

opptre (på scenen)

• you're on in 5 minutes

komme med, følge med, være med

• are you on?

• I'm on!

• you are on

( hverdagslig) være mulig

• it's just not on

be on about something ( hverdagslig) hele tiden snakke om noe, mase med noe, bråke om

• what's he on about?

on and off eller off and on av og på, opp og ned, fra og til av og til, nå og da, med avbrudd, med mellomrom

• it rained on and off all evening

on and on uten opphold, i ett, i det uendelige

• the lecture went on and on

• we walked on and on

on to (opp) på, over til, ut på, ned på

• she jumped on to the bus

• he jumped on to the landing-stage

• he fell on to the roof below

be on to someone ( hverdagslig) vite hva noen pønsker på, vite hva noen har fore ( hverdagslig) ha en mistanke til noen

prep. \/ɒn\/

1) ( i fysisk kontakt med eller støttet av) på, opp på, oppe på, i, over

• they put a notice on the board

• she got on the chair

• he sat on the roof

• she had gloves on her hands

• there are eight flies on the ceiling

2) ( om geografisk posisjon eller plassering) på, ved, i, mot, over

• this is the largest town on the Riviera

• she lives in a house on 19th Street

• they live on the border of Sweden

• the town stands on a river

• the house is on the shore

• Newcastle is situated on the Tyne

• he lives on the uppermost floor

• she has a room on the garden

• the storm is on us

3) ( om en markant eller karakteristisk del av noe) på

• she had a scar on her foot

• you should have seen the look on his face!

4) ( om emne eller grunnlag) på, av, om, i, ifølge, etter, ut fra

• she has written a book on ecosystems

• the Cabinet is split on this matter

• she speaks on international affairs

• while we are on the subject

• she lives on nuts and fruits

• the car runs on petrol

• on this theory the experiment will fail

• they dined on salmon yesterday

• he swore on the Bible

5) ( om komité eller instans) i

• she is on the board

• are you on the jury?

• he's on the staff of a newspaper

6) ( om mål og fokusering) mot, til, over, overfor, hos, for

• they marched on Paris

• he turned his back on me

• she smiled on him

• he drew his knife on me

• a curse on him!

• it's not fair on her

• she looked in on her uncle

• the fire went out on me

• that's a new one on me

7) ( om reise eller transportmåte) på, til

• I read the book on the journey here

• when on a visit to London you should go shopping at Harrod's

• she got an hour of sleep on the train

• they travel on foot

8) (om dag eller periode, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på, om, under, i, etter, ved, da

• they came on Friday

• she always swims on Fridays

• he died on (the morning of) May 1st

• she works on her holidays

• come here on the minute!

• he came home on his father's death

• on my arrival at Hull I went shopping

9) (om noen som holder på med noe, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på, da, ved

• she was out on errands

• on the opening of the box he saw a lizard

• on second thoughts I helped him anyway

10) ( om penger eller økonomi) på, av, mot

• he has nothing to live on

• what's the tax on income in Norway?

• you will receive the book on payment of £5

11) ( om besittelse) på

• have you got your ID card on you?

12) ( om resultat av fysisk kontakt) på

• she had cut her hand on the glass

13) ( om lagring eller overføring av opplysninger) på, i

• I've stored it on my PC

• he put his thoughts down on the paper

• she's talking to her brother on the telephone

14) ( om radio eller TV) på

• I heard it on the radio

• the play is on TV

15) (om alkohol, narkotika eller medisin, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på, av

• Jim's on penicillin

• she's not on the pill

• you can't get drunk on that

16) (om noe som er betalt av noe\/noen, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på

• this is on me!

• it's on the house

• have one on me!

• he has a car on the firm

17) ( om spesiell anledning) med, i anledning (av)

• she congratulated him on the scholarship

• I condoled with them on their loss

18) ( om sammenligning) i forhold til

• prices are up by 5 per cent on last year

• this is a great improvement on the previous model

19) ( ved gjentagelse) på, etter

• they faced loss on loss

• she wrote letter on letter

be on fire brenne, stå i brann

be on something holde på med noe

• I'm on chapter IV

• she's on the third problem

( hverdagslig) begynne på noe, bli med på noe

fall on somebody\/something kaste seg over noen\/noe, falle om noen\/noe

• she literally fell on him

• he fell on his mother's neck

on amber ( trafikk) på gult (lys)

• they crossed the street on amber

on and after fra og med

• this rule will apply on and after this day

on or before senest

• answer on or before May 1

spit on one's hand spytte seg i nevene

SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology, Textiles

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Edmund Cartwright, the fourth son of William Cartwright, was educated at Wakefield Grammar School, and went to University College, Oxford, at the age of 14. By special act of convocation in 1764, he was elected Fellow of Magdalen College. He married Alice Whitaker in 1772 and soon after was given the ecclesiastical living of Brampton in Derbyshire. In 1779 he was presented with the living of Goadby, Marwood, Leicestershire, where he wrote poems, reviewed new works, and began agricultural experiments. A visit to Matlock in the summer of 1784 introduced him to the inventions of Richard Arkwright and he asked why weaving could not be mechanized in a similar manner to spinning. This began a remarkable career of inventions.

Cartwright returned home and built a loom which required two strong men to operate it. This was the first attempt in England to develop a power loom. It had a vertical warp, the reed fell with the weight of at least half a hundredweight and, to quote Gartwright's own words, "the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to throw a Congreive [sic] rocket" (Strickland 19.71:8—for background to the "rocket" comparison, see Congreve, Sir William). Nevertheless, it had the same three basics of weaving that still remain today in modern power looms: shedding or dividing the warp; picking or projecting the shuttle with the weft; and beating that pick of weft into place with a reed. This loom he proudly patented in 1785, and then he went to look at hand looms and was surprised to see how simply they operated. Further improvements to his own loom, covered by two more patents in 1786 and 1787, produced a machine with the more conventional horizontal layout that showed promise; however, the Manchester merchants whom he visited were not interested. He patented more improvements in 1788 as a result of the experience gained in 1786 through establishing a factory at Doncaster with power looms worked by a bull that were the ancestors of modern ones. Twenty-four looms driven by steam-power were installed in Manchester in 1791, but the mill was burned down and no one repeated the experiment. The Doncaster mill was sold in 1793, Cartwright having lost £30,000, However, in 1809 Parliament voted him £10,000 because his looms were then coming into general use.

In 1789 he began working on a wool-combing machine which he patented in 1790, with further improvements in 1792. This seems to have been the earliest instance of mechanized combing. It used a circular revolving comb from which the long fibres or "top" were. carried off into a can, and a smaller cylinder-comb for teasing out short fibres or "noils", which were taken off by hand. Its output equalled that of twenty hand combers, but it was only relatively successful. It was employed in various Leicestershire and Yorkshire mills, but infringements were frequent and costly to resist. The patent was prolonged for fourteen years after 1801, but even then Cartwright did not make any profit. His 1792 patent also included a machine to make ropes with the outstanding and basic invention of the "cordelier" which he communicated to his friends, including Robert Fulton, but again it brought little financial benefit. As a result of these problems and the lack of remuneration for his inventions, Cartwright moved to London in 1796 and for a time lived in a house built with geometrical bricks of his own design.

Other inventions followed fast, including a tread-wheel for cranes, metallic packing for pistons in steam-engines, and bread-making and brick-making machines, to mention but a few. He had already returned to agricultural improvements and he put forward suggestions in 1793 for a reaping machine. In 1801 he received a prize from the Board of Agriculture for an essay on husbandry, which was followed in 1803 by a silver medal for the invention of a three-furrow plough and in 1805 by a gold medal for his essay on manures. From 1801 to 1807 he ran an experimental farm on the Duke of Bedford's estates at Woburn.

From 1786 until his death he was a prebendary of Lincoln. In about 1810 he bought a small farm at Hollanden near Sevenoaks, Kent, where he continued his inventions, both agricultural and general. Inventing to the last, he died at Hastings and was buried in Battle church.

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X принял меры - X took (appropriate) measures (steps)

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⇒ to carry out a series of actions (that should produce a certain result):

- X принял меры≈ X took (appropriate) measures (steps);

- X took action (on sth.);

- X did something (about it);

- [in limited contexts] X took (some) precautions.

     ♦ В Учреждение, возглавляемое капитаном Милягой, граждане почти всегда писали письма без обратного адреса... В таких письмах содержались обычно мелкие доносы... К чести Учреждения надо сказать, что оно принимало меры далеко не по каждому такому сигналу, иначе на воле не осталось бы ни одного человека (Войнович 2). Citizens almost always wrote letters to the Institution headed by Milyaga without a return address....As a rule, such letters contained petty denunciations...It must be said, to the Institution's credit, that very few such letters ever caused it to take measures; otherwise there would not have been a single person left free in the county (2a).

     ♦ Цель мероприятия - обнаружить тех, кто не одобряет его проведения, и принять меры (Зиновьев 1). The aim of the experiment was to detect those who did not approve of its being carried out and to take appropriate steps (1a).

     ♦ Дед заговорил вкрадчиво и мягко. Он сказал, что все устроится по-хорошему. Если юноша тоскует, то надо, конечно, принять меры (Булгаков 5). The grandfather began to speak in mild, conciliatory tones. Everything, he said, would turn out for the best. If the young man was unhappy, then, of course, it was necessary to do something about it (5a).

     ♦ [Михаил:] Ну, завод закрыт. Но на всякий случай надо принять меры... (Горький 1). [М.:] Well, the factory's closed. But we'd better take some precautions, just in case (1b).

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⇒ to carry out a series of actions (that should produce a certain result):

- X принял меры≈ X took (appropriate) measures (steps);

- X took action (on sth.);

- X did something (about it);

- [in limited contexts] X took (some) precautions.

     ♦ В Учреждение, возглавляемое капитаном Милягой, граждане почти всегда писали письма без обратного адреса... В таких письмах содержались обычно мелкие доносы... К чести Учреждения надо сказать, что оно принимало меры далеко не по каждому такому сигналу, иначе на воле не осталось бы ни одного человека (Войнович 2). Citizens almost always wrote letters to the Institution headed by Milyaga without a return address....As a rule, such letters contained petty denunciations...It must be said, to the Institution's credit, that very few such letters ever caused it to take measures; otherwise there would not have been a single person left free in the county (2a).

     ♦ Цель мероприятия - обнаружить тех, кто не одобряет его проведения, и принять меры (Зиновьев 1). The aim of the experiment was to detect those who did not approve of its being carried out and to take appropriate steps (1a).

     ♦ Дед заговорил вкрадчиво и мягко. Он сказал, что все устроится по-хорошему. Если юноша тоскует, то надо, конечно, принять меры (Булгаков 5). The grandfather began to speak in mild, conciliatory tones. Everything, he said, would turn out for the best. If the young man was unhappy, then, of course, it was necessary to do something about it (5a).

     ♦ [Михаил:] Ну, завод закрыт. Но на всякий случай надо принять меры... (Горький 1). [М.:] Well, the factory's closed. But we'd better take some precautions, just in case (1b).

news.

una noticia (singular) a piece of news

su hijo le dio la noticia his son broke the news to him

me enteré de la noticia ayer I heard the news yesterday

tener noticias to have news

¿tienes noticias suyas? have you heard from him?

las noticias the news

noticia bomba (informal) bombshell

noticias de última hora the latest news

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: noticiar.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: noticiar.

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► nombre femenino

1 (información) news plural

■ una noticia a piece of news

■ acaba de llegarnos la noticia de que... news is just coming in of...

■ eso no es noticia that's nothing new

■ ¿has tenido noticias de Laura? have you had any news from Laura?, have you heard anything from Laura?

■ tengo noticias para ti I've got news for you

2 (conocimiento) idea

■ no tenía noticia de que hubieran quebrado I had no idea they had gone bankrupt

► nombre femenino plural las noticias

1 the news

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dar la noticia to break the news

¡primera noticia! that's news to me!

ser noticia to be in the news

noticia bomba bombshell

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- noticias

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1) (=información) news

2) (=conocimiento)

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a) ( informe)

b) noticias femenino plural ( referencias) news

c) (información, conocimiento)

- noticia bomba

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= announcement, news, newswire, news item, item of news, news story, bit of information, news broadcast.

Ex. Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.

Ex. Next came the good news that war between member states had been rendered inconceivable, even though the prospect of war was on nobody's mind at the time.

Ex. The number of full text data bases on-line is also increasing, providing instant access to newspapers and newswires, popular magazines and scholarly journals.

Ex. From January 1981, the name will be 'Current Technology Index,' and the coverage will be increased, both in terms of journals indexed and other items included, eg news items.

Ex. This item of news penetrated his heart like a stab = Esta noticia penetró su corazón como una puñalada.

Ex. This a cross-cultural experiment on how well audiences remember news stories from newspaper, computer, television, and radio sources.

Ex. Outside the portacabin there is a board with a few useful bits of information, such as the temperature of the water, visibility, and opening/closing times.

Ex. They include books, letters, historical documents, photographs, news broadcasts, press statements and audiotapes of speeches = Contienen libros, cartas, documentos históricos, fotografías, noticias, conferencias de prensa, y casetes de discurso.

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* acaparar las noticias = grab + the headlines, hit + the headlines.

* agencia de noticias = news office, news agency, newspaper agency, news organisation.

* agencias de noticias = news media.

* agente de noticias web = newsbot.

* boletín de noticias = newsletter.

* buenas noticas, las = good word, the.

* buenas noticias = glad tidings.

* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.

* columnista de agencia de noticias = syndicated columnist.

* conocer la noticia = learn + the news.

* dar la noticia = give + the news.

* difundir la noticia = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.

* difundir noticias = broadcast + news.

* el mundo de las noticias = newsmaking.

* enterarse de la noticia = learn + the news.

* esperamos sus noticias = look forward to + hearing from you.

* foro de noticias = newsgroup [news group].

* impresión de noticias = news-printing.

* indizador de noticias web = newsbot.

* la buena noticia = the good news.

* llegar noticias = come to + Posesivo + notice.

* mantenerse al día de las noticias = keep up with + the news.

* mantenerse al tanto de las noticias = keep up with + the news.

* no tener noticias es buena señal = no news is good news.

* noticia de periódico = newspaper account.

* noticia de última hora = hot off the press(es).

* noticia por cable = newswire.

* noticias = news, news information.

* noticias de actualidad = current events, current news events, current news.

* noticias deportivas = sports news, sports score, sports results.

* noticias de radio y/o televisión = broadcast news.

* noticias de última hora = breaking news.

* noticias diarias de interés = daily news alerts.

* noticias + difundirse = news + spread.

* noticias por cable = cable news.

* noticia web en formato RSS = RSS feed.

* parecido a las noticias = news-type.

* programa de noticias = news programme.

* publicación de una noticia dos veces = crossposting [cross-posting].

* publicar una noticia en varias listas de correo = cross post [cross-post].

* que no haya noticas es buena señal = no news is good news.

* recibir noticias de = hear from.

* resumen de noticias = roundup [round-up], roundup of news, roundup of news.

* retransmitir noticias = broadcast + news.

* servicio de noticias = news service.

* tablón electrónico de noticias = electronic bulletin board (EEB), bulletin board system (BBS).

* tener noticias de = hear from.

* tipo noticias = news-type.

* titular de noticias = news headline.

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a) ( informe)

b) noticias femenino plural ( referencias) news

c) (información, conocimiento)

- noticia bomba

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(informe): las noticias son alarmantes the news is alarming

¡qué noticia más deprimente! what a depressing piece of news!, what depressing news!

la noticia de su muerte the news of his death

traigo buenas/malas noticias I have some good/bad news

tengo que darte una mala noticia I have some bad news for you

¿quién le va a dar la noticia? who's going to break the news to him?

nos llega una noticia de última hora or de último momento some late news has just come in

la última noticia del programa the final item on the news

estar atrasado de noticias to be out of touch, be behind with the news

hacer noticia to make news, hit the headlines

2 noticias fpl (referencias) news

ya hace un mes que se fue y seguimos sin noticias she left a month ago and we still haven't heard anything o had any news

hace meses que no tenemos noticias suyas (provenientes de él) we haven't heard from him for months; (provenientes de otra persona) we haven't had (any) news of him for months

(información, conocimiento): no tenía noticia de que hubiera problemas I had no idea o I didn't know (that) there were problems

( fam):

lo de su divorcio fue una noticia bomba the news of their divorce was a real bombshell ( colloq)

traigo una noticia bomba I have some amazing o incredible news for you

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◊ una noticia a piece o an item of news;

◊ noticias sustantivo femenino plural

a) ( referencias) news;

◊ no hemos tenido noticias suyas ( provenientes de él) we haven't heard from him;

b) (Rad, TV) news

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noticia nf

1. [información, hecho] news [singular];

una noticia a piece of news;

tengo una buena/mala noticia I've got some good/bad news;

me enteré de la noticia ayer I heard the news yesterday;

su hijo le dio la noticia his son broke the news to him;

noticias de última hora the latest news

¡noticia bomba!, ¡nos van a subir el sueldo! shock! horror! we're getting a pay Br rise o US raise!

2.

3. [conocimiento]

no tengo noticia de que se haya cambiado la fecha I haven't heard anything about the date being changed

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f piece of news; en noticiario news story, item of news;

tener noticia de algo have news of sth;

noticias pl news sg ;

no tengo noticias de él I haven’t had any news from him

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noticia nf

1) : news item, piece of news

2) noticias nfpl

: news

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noticia n

1. (en general) news

Recuerda que news es un nombre incontable, pero que existe la fórmula a piece of news

2. (en periodismo) news item / story [pl. stories]

v + o + adv, v + adv + o

a) ( rewrite fully) \<\<report/notes\>\> pasar en or (Esp) a limpio

b) ( describe) \<\<experiment/visit\>\> redactar un informe sobre

VT + ADV

1) (=make) [+ report] redactar; [+ notes] pasar en limpio, pasar a limpio (Sp); [+ diary] poner al día

2) (=record) [+ experiment, one's findings, visit] describir (por escrito)

3) (=report on) [+ event] escribir una crónica sobre, hacer un reportaje sobre

4) (=review) escribir una reseña de, escribir una crítica de

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v + o + adv, v + adv + o

a) ( rewrite fully) \<\<report/notes\>\> pasar en or (Esp) a limpio

b) ( describe) \<\<experiment/visit\>\> redactar un informe sobre

1 similar (parecido).

son de una edad semejante they are (of) a similar age

2 such (tal).

jamás aceptaría semejante invitación I would never accept such an invitation

una propuesta de semejante talante a proposal of this nature, such a proposal

¡cómo pudo decir semejante tontería! how could he say something so stupid!

1 fellow (human) being.

2 fellowman, fellow, fellow being, fellow creature.

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► adjetivo

1 (parecido) similar

2 peyorativo (tal) such, like that

■ no voy a permitir semejante insolencia I won't allow such insolence

■ no puedo tolerar semejantes idioteces I won't tolerate idiotic behaviour like that

3 (geometría) similar

► nombre masculino

1 fellow being

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1) similar

2) such

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1. ADJ

1) (=parecido) similar

2) (Mat) similar

3) [uso enfático] such

4) Cono Sur, Méx (=enorme) huge, enormous

2. SM

1) (=prójimo) fellow man, fellow creature

2)

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a) ( similar) similar

b) (Mat) similar

c) (delante del n) ( para énfasis)

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a) ( similar) similar

b) (Mat) similar

c) (delante del n) ( para énfasis)

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semejante¹

¹ = fellow human being, kindred, fellow, twin, fellow being.

semejante²

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1 (similar) similar

realizaron un experimento semejante con ratas they carried out a similar experiment with rats

los dos colores son muy semejantes the two colors are very similar

¿se va a ir a vivir a Francia? — le oí decir algo semejante is he going off to live in France? — I heard him say something of the sort o something along those lines

semejante A algo similar TO sth

sus costumbres son semejantes a las nuestras their customs are similar to ours, they have similar customs to ours

llevaba zapatos semejantes a los tuyos she was wearing shoes similar to o like yours

2 ( Mat) similar

3 ( delante del n)

(para énfasis): nunca había oído semejante estupidez I'd never heard such nonsense o anything so stupid

yo nunca dije semejante tontería I never said such a stupid thing

¿te vas a acabar semejante plato de fideos? are you really going to be able to finish all those noodles?

tus/nuestros semejantes your/our fellow men

debemos amar a nuestros semejantes we must love our fellow men

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a) ( similar) similar;

b) ( delante del n) ( para énfasis):

◊ ¡cómo puedes decir semejante cosa! how can you say such a thing!;

◊ nuestros semejantes our fellow men

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♦ adj

1. [parecido] similar (a to);

su plan es semejante al nuestro her plan is similar to ours

2. [tal] such;

jamás aceptaría semejante invitación I would never accept such an invitation;

una propuesta de semejante talante a proposal of this nature, such a proposal;

no sé cómo pudo mover semejante piedra I don't know how he managed to shift such a heavy rock;

¡cómo pudo decir semejante tontería! how could he say something so stupid!;

¡semejante mentiroso! ¡cómo puede decir eso! what a liar! how can he say that!

♦ nm

fellow (human) being

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I adj similar;

jamás he oído semejante tontería I’ve never heard such nonsense

II m fellow human being, fellow creature;

mis semejantes my fellow men

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semejante adj

1) parecido: similar, alike

2) tal: such

nunca he visto cosa semejante: I have never seen such a thing

semejante nm

prójimo: fellowman

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semejante adj

1. (similar) similar

2. (tal) such / such a

SUBJECT AREA: Electricity

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Given the same first name as his father, Johann, at his baptism, Ohm was generally known by the name of Georg to avoid confusion. While still a child he became interested in science and learned many of his basic skills from his father, a mechanical engineer. After basic education he attended the Gymnasium at Erlangen for a year, then in 1805 he entered the University of Erlangen. Probably for financial reasons, he left after three terms in 1806 and obtained a post as a mathematics tutor at a school in Gottstadt, Switzerland, where he may well have begun to experiment with electrical circuits. In 1811 he returned to Erlangen. He appears to have obtained his doctorate in the same year. After studying physics for a year, he became a tutor at the Studienanstalt (girls' secondary school) at Bamberg in Bavaria. There, in 1817, he wrote a book on the teaching of geometry in schools, as a result of which King Freidrich Wilhelm III of Prussia had him appointed Oberlehrer (Senior Master) in Mathematics and Physics at the Royal Consistory in Cologne. He continued his electrical experiments and in 1826 was given a year's leave of absence to concentrate on this work, which culminated the following year in publication of his "Die galvanische Kette", in which he demonstrated his now-famous Law, that the current in a resistor is proportional to the applied voltage and inversely proportional to the resistance. Because he published only a theoretical treatment of his Law, without including the supporting experimental evidence, his conclusions were widely ignored and ridiculed by the eminent German scientists of his day; bitterly disappointed, he was forced to resign his post at the Consistory. Reduced to comparative poverty he took a position as a mathematics teacher at the Berlin Military School. Fortunately, news of his discovery became more widely known, and in 1833 he was appointed Professor at the Nuremberg Polytechnic School. Two years later he was given the Chair of Higher Mathematics at the University of Erlangen and the position of State Inspector of Scientific Education. Honoured by the Royal Society of London in 1841 and 1842, in 1849 he became Professor of Physics at Munich University, apost he held until his death.

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See also: Thévénin, Léon Charles